Current-motor.



No. 779,320. PATBNTED JAN. s, 1905. G. SAMUBLSON. CURRENT MOTOR,

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2B, 1904.

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PATENTED JAN. 3, 1905.

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APPLIUATION FILED MAR. ze, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented January 3, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

GILBERT SAMUELSON, OF SANDPOINT, IDAHO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARDMCGREGOR, OF SANDPOINT, IDAHO.

CURRENT-MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,320, dated January3, 1905.

Application filed March 26, 1904. Serial No. 200,113.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, GILBERT SAMUELsoN, a citizen of the United States.and a resident of Sandpoint, in the county of Kootenai and State ofIdaho, have invented a new and Improved Current-Motor, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in motors designed to be placedin a river or other body of water in which there is a current, theobject being to provide a currentmotor of simple and novel constructionthat may be utilized for pumping water for irrigating purposes and maybe also utilized for operating machinery.

I will describe a current-motor embodying my invention and then pointout the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the Jgures.

Figure l is a side elevation of a current-motor embodying my invention.Fig. 2is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 isa plan View, partly in section.Fig. 4 is a transverse section, and Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5of Fig. 3.

The motor comprises a hull or boat 10, supported on which is a deck 11,the said deck being connected to the hull, as here shown, by means ofposts l2. Arranged to rotate independently on a shaft 13 at the stern ofthe vessel are drums 14 l5, from which ,the anchor-cables 16 17 extend.The inner or adjacent faces of the drums are provided with gear-wheels18, with either one of which a pinion 19 on a shaft Q0 may be'engaged.This shaft 20 is arranged to slide in its bearings, and it is providedwith a crank-handle21. By this arrangement it is obvious that either oneof the drums may be operated without imparting motion to the other drum.

The cables extend around pulleys 22, arranged at` the stern underneaththe flooring 28, and from these pulleys 22 the cables pass aroundpulleys 24 at the bow of the boat and thence upward through the flooringand out through openings in the bow, and these cables 0f course areconnected to suitable anchors.

Anchoring-cables 25 also extend from the 5o drums through the stern ofthe vessel.

Mounted to swing on an upright 26 is a pawl 27, designed to engage withthe two gears 18, so as to hold the drums from rotary motion.

It is designed, however, that this pawl shall release the gears when thewater rises, therefore permitting more cable to be paid out. Ontherearwardly-extended end of the pawl is a downwardly-extended rod 28, andpreferably this rod is made adjustable with rela- 6o tion to the pawl,and on the lower end of the rod is a float 29. Should the tide rise, theboat being held down by the anchors, the water will force the float 29upward, consequently releasing the pawl from the gearwheels, permittingthe cables to run freely until the boat rises to its normal position.The stern anchors will prevent the stern of the boat from iioatingupward, or, in other words, the bow and stern anchors will hold 7o theboat on a practically even keel.

At the front or bow of the boat and extended transversely thereof is awater-wheel 30, mounted on a shaft 31, which passes through abearing-box 32, arranged in the stern of the boat. Loosely mounted onthe shaft 3l is a sprocket-wheel 33, from which a chain 34 passes upwardthrough the deck ll and engages with a sprocket-wheel 35 on apower-shaft 36. On the sprocket-wheel 33 is 8O a clutch member 37,designed to be engaged by a clutch .member 38, mounted to movelongitudinally on the shaft 3l and rotating therewith. The clutch member38 has an annular channel in which fingers on a yoke 39 engage. 85 Thisyoke is attached to a shifting lever 40, mounted in an arm 41. By thisarrangement the wheel 30 may be placed in or out of operation. It may behere stated that this wheel will be operated by cross-currents that may9o occur and assist otherwheels driven by the direct current and to behereinafter described.

At its rear end the power-shaft 36 is connected to a bevel-pinion 42,which engages with a bevel-pinion 43, loosely mounted on a counter-shaft44. Movable longitudinally on the shaft 44 and rotating therewith is aclutch member 45, designed for engagement with a clutch member 46 on thepinion 43, so as to cause said pinion to rotate with the shaft whendesired. rlhis clutch-section 45 is shifted by means of a lever 47.Connected to the shaft 44 is a sprocket-wheel 48, from which a chain 49passes to a pinion 50 on the shaft of an electric generator 51, mountedon the deck 11 and from which wires extend to the shore forelectric-lighti ng or other purposes.

Having bearings in opposite sides of the boat are tubular shafts 52 53,on which water- Wheels 54 55 are mounted. These wheels are designed tobe operated by the direct current of the stream. On these tubular shaftsare sprocket-wheels 56, from which chains 57 eX- tend tosprocket-pinions 58 on the countershaft 44. Extended loosely into thetubular shafts is a crank-shaft 59, having two cranks 60 61. On theinner end of the tubular shaft 52 are clutch-teeth designed to beengag'ed by a clutch member 62, mounted to slide on the crank-shaft, butdesigned to rotate therewith, and rigidly attached to the crank-shaft atthe side of the tubular shaft 53 is a clutch member 63, designed to beengaged by a clutch member 64, mounted to slide on the tubular shaft 53and to rotate therewith. The clutch member 62 is engaged by a shiftingarm 65, attached to a shaft 66, which extends upward through the deck11, and the clutch member 64 is engaged by a shifting arm 67, attachedto a shaft 68, which also extends upward through the deck 11.

Extended from the upper end of the shaft 66 is an arm 69, from whichalinkI 70 extends to a connection with a disk 71, mounted to rotate onthe deck. Attached to the upper end of the shaft 68 is an arm 72, whichhas a link connection 73 with the said disk 71. It will be noted thatthe links and 73 connect with the disk at opposite sides of thedisk-pivot. Attached to the disk is a turning-lever 74, on which is aspring-pressed lever 75, carrying a rod 76, which extends down throughan opening in the disk and is designed to engage in any one of a seriesof holes formed in the deck, so as to hold the sliding clutch members inor out of engagement with their adjacent members. Obviously by rotatingthe disk the clutch member 62 will be moved inward, or toward the centerof the boat, while the clutch member 64 will be moved outward. By thearrangement of clutches the bow wheel and the side wheels maybe causedto operate all together, or the bow wheel may be thrown out of gear,leaving the two side wheels to operate, or the side wheels may be thrownout of gear, permitting the bow wheel to operate alone.

On the driving-shaft 36 I have shown a sprocket-wheel 77, from which achain may pass to drive machinery on shore.

Arranged in the forward portion of the boat are four pumps 78 79 80 81,and at the rear portion of the boat are four pumps 82 83 84 85. Thesepumps are connected to tubes which extend through the bottom of theboat,and in the lower part of each pump-cylinder is an u1 wardly-openingvalve 86, and operating in each pump-cylinder isa piston 87. From thepistons in the pumpfcylinders and 81 piston-rods 88 extend upward andconnect with arms 89. Extended forward from a rock-shaft 90, mounted inhangers 91, attached to the under side of the deck 11, and from arms 92,projected rearward from the rock-shaft, rods 93 extend downward andconnect with the pistons in the pumps 78 79. cylinders 82 83 haveconnections 94 with arms 95, extended rearward from a rock-shaft 96,mounted in hangers 97, and the pistons in the pump-cylinders 84 85 areconnected to forwardly-extended arms 98 by means of rods 99.

A connecting-rod 100 is attached at one end to an arm 101,connected tothe rock-shaft96, and the opposite end of this rod 100 engages with thecrank 60, and from the crank 61 a connecting-rod 102 leads forward andhas pivotal connection with an arm 103, attached to the rock-shaft 90.

r1`he several pumps are connected by branches with apipe 104, whichextends along the bottom or iiooring of the boat, and from the rear endof this Vpipe 104a pipe 105 leads upward through the deck 11 and hasoppositely-extended branches 106, with either one of which a hose or thelike may be attached, depending upon the direction or to which bank itis desired to carry the water. In each branch 106 is a valve 107.

The operation of the device is quite clearthat is, it is obvious that asthe current rotates the side wheels the crankshaft will beoperated,consequently operating the pistons in the pump-cylinders. Theupward movement of the pistons will draw the water in, while thedownward movement will force the water out through the discharge-pipe.

Having thus described my invention,1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A current-motor comprisinga boat, current-operateddevices carried by the boat, anchoring devices, and means forautomatically releasing the anchoring devices permitting the boat torise.

2. A currentsmotor comprising a boat, wa ter-wheels carried by the boat,devices adapted to be operated by the water-Wheels,windingdrums arrangedin the boat, anchor-cables extended from said drums, the said drumsbeing mounted to rotate independently one of another, gear-wheels on theinner or adjacent faces of said drums, a pawl mounted to swing and toengage with the gear-wheels of both drums, and a oat carried by therearwardlyextended end of the pawl.

3. A current-motor comprising a boat, current-operated devices carriedby the boat, cable-winding' drums carried by the boat, a Windingmechanism common to both the The pistons in the pump- IOO lIO

drums, and means actuating by rising water to release the drums topermit the paying off of anchoring-cables.

4. A current-motor comprising a boat, water-wheels arranged at oppositesides thereof, tubular shafts on which the wheels are mounted, the saidtubular shafts having bearings in the sides of the boat, a crank-shaftextended loosely into said tubular shafts, clutch mechanism for causingthe crank-shaft to rotate with the tubular shafts and pumps in the boatoperated by said crank-shaft.

5. A current-motor comprising a boat, water-wheels on opposite sidesthereof, tubular shafts to which the wheels are attached, said tubularshafts having bearings in the sides of the boat, a crank-shaft extendedloosely into said tubular shafts, clutches for connecting thecrank-shaft operatively with the tubular shafts, the said clutchescomprising sections movable lengthwise on the shaft, shafts extendedvertically in the boat, shifting arms connecting the lower portions ofsaid shafts with the sliding clutch-sections, a deck on the boat throughwhich the vertical shafts extend, arms on the upper ends of saidvertical shafts, a disk mounted to rotate on the deck, link connectionsbetween said arms and the disk, a lever for turning the disk, and meansfor holding the disk as adjusted.

6. A current-motor comprising a boat, a pair of independently-rotatingdrums carried by the boat, gear-wheels on the adjacent ends of thedrums, a winding-pinion movable for engagement with either one of saidgearwheels, a pawl adapted to engage with said gear-wheels, and awater-actuated oat attached to said pawl.

7. A current-motor comprising a boat, a deck supported above the same, apowershaft mounted on the deck and extended lengthwise thereof, awater-wheel in front of the boat and having driving connection with saidpower -shaft, a counter -shaft, waterwheels on opposite sides of theboat and having driving connection with said countershaft, abevel-gearon the power-shaft, a bevelgear loosely mounted on the counter-shaft andengaging with the first-named gear, a clutch member carried by saidloose gear, a clutch member mounted to slide on the counter-shaft but torotate therewith, means for shifting the movable clutch-section into andout of gear with the clutch of the gear-wheel, a sprocket-wheel carriedby the countershaft, and an electric generator mounted on the deck andoperated fromsaid sprocketwheel.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GILBERT SAMUELSON.

Witnesses:

GEO. R. BARKER, HERMAN H. TAYLOR.

